Royal Ascot "^ 



elevation to the House of Lords by the appointment to the 

 Mastership of the Buckhounds. His first tenure of the 

 office was from 1848 to 1852. On two subsequent occa- 

 sions Lord Bessborough controlled the Royal Hunt — viz., 



EAKI. OF BESSBOROUGH 



1853-1858 and 1859-1866. Though his lordship's amiability 

 and quietness of manner gained the goodwill of the tenants 

 whose lands were included in the runs, unruly members of 

 the field found to their cost that he was perfectly capable 

 of checking indecorous behaviour by timely severity. His 



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